How Barriers to Collaboration Prevent Progress in Demand for Knowledge: A Dyadic Study of Small and Medium-Sized Firms, Research and Technology Organizations and Universities

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 29-54

  Goduscheit, René Chester ^a   Knudsen, Mette Præst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 84923093595     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/caim.12101     Document Type: Article

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